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W. BROWN & W. PEOVER.

HEEL FOR BOOTSAND SHOES.

Patented July 5, 1881.

(No Model.)

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No. 243,845. Patented July 5. 1881.

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UNITEDV STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BROWN, OF KING STREET, NORTH CAMDEN TOWN, AND WILLIAM PEOVER, OF LEIGH STREET, BURTON CRESCENT, CONTY OF MIDDLE- sEX, ENGLAND.

HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 243,845, dated. July 5, 1881.

Application filed May 3, 1881. (No model.) Patented in England October 2, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM BROWN and WILLIAM PEOVER, Subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing respectively at King Street,North Camden Town, and Leigh Street',

Burton Crescent, both in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Heels for Boots and Shoes, (for which we have received 1o Letters Patent in England, No. 4,003, dated October 2, 1330,) of which .the following is a specification.

The invention has for its object improvements in revolving heels for boots and shoes,

and relates to means whereby the revolving portion of the heel is capable of ready adjust ment for wear without the necessity for using a screw-driver or other tool, is formed solid across the wearingsurface thereof, and is capazo ble ot being fixed rmly in position for use without exposing the adjusting and fixingv devices to wet and dirt. For this purpose we tix to one part of the heel a metal fixing formed to act in combination with a corresponding fixing attached to the other part of the heel.

A spring is placed between these fixings with a tendency to separate them from each other, while a male screw formed on or fixed to or rotated by the one part acts in combination 3o with a female screw rotated by or formed on or xed to the other part. The male or female screw is so formed or tted as to be capable of being rotated or held by one ofthe heel-xin gs, so as to enable the tWo parts of the heel to be 3 5 separated from each othera certain distance by rotating the revolving portion of the heel. Then, when further separation of such parts is prevented by a stop, the head or end 0f the male screw or the female screw or nut, which 4o is so formed as to fit in a suitable recess orin suitable recesses in one of the lixings, will slip out of its recess or recesses, and thereby enable the revolving part of the heel to be turned a suitable distance around its axis,

4 5 after which the revolving portion ofthe heel can be screwed up tightly against the xed part thereof, ready for use.

In order that our said invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried into effect, we will proceed, aided by the ac- 5o companying drawings, more fully to describe the same.

In all the figures like parts are marked with similar letters of reference.

Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are cross-sections of a re- 55 volvin g boot-heel constructed according to our invention, with capability of ready adjustment, and representing the revolving portion of the heel in three ditferent positions. Fig. 4 is anunder-side view of the two metal 60 fixings separately. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the upper xing, with the screw-nut and stop in position, and Fig. 6 is a cross-section ofthe lower fixing. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are sections corresponding with those shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, but representing a slight modification. Fig. 10 is a plan, and Fig. 11 a cross-section, of the upper fixing. Fig. 12 is a cross-section, showing the adjusting-screw and stop separately, and Fig. 13 is a cross-section of the je lower liXing. Fig. 14 is a cross-section of another modification, and Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are sectional views of parts thereof. Fig. 18 is a cross-section of another modification, and Figs. 19, 20, and 2l are sectional views of parts 75 thereof; and Fig. 22 is a cross-section of an'- other modification, and Figs. 23, 24, and 25 are sectional views of parts thereof.

We will first Vdescribe the arrangement represented at Figs. 1 to 6. a represents the 8o fixed part of the heel, and b the revolving portion thereof. c and d are plates or fixings, secured' respectively to the parts a and b by screws or otherwise. The plate or fixing c is formed with a socket or recess, c', and has 85 fixed rigidly in the center of such socket a screw, e. The plate or xing d is formed with an annular part, d', fitting loosely within the socket c. In the center of the Xing d is a hole, d2, shaped to t the beveled sides of the 9o nut f. g is a spring interposed between the parts a and b, and h is a stop fixed securely into the screw e.

In Fig. 1 the revolving part b of the heel is shown screwed up tightly against the part a, in position for use; but when it is desired to turn the revolving part b a portion of a revolution in order to present a fresh wearing-surface, such part b is rotated so as to separate it from the part a until the nut fabuts against the stop 7L, as shown at Fig. 2. Then, by continuing the rotation of the part b in the same direction, the iixing d is caused to rise on the beveled sides of the nut f out of gear with the latter, as shown at Fig. 3, and when in its rotation it again coincides in position with such nut the spring g acts to force the fixing b again into gear with the nut f, when the revolving` part b will have been turned, say, a sixth of arevolution. The parts are then again screwed tightly up to the position shown at Fig. 1, when the boot will be ready for use.

In applying the parts to a boot-heel the iixing cis rst secured to the fixed portion of the heel. The fixing d is secured to the parts b of the revolving part b. The stop h is then passed through the hole b2 and securely fixed in position, after which the wearing portion b3 of the heel is fixed in position, thereby offering a continuous wearing-surface a-nd efficiently protecting the adjusting and fixing devices.

The modification represented at Figs. 7 to 13 is similar to the foregoing, except that the loose nutfis dispensed with. The fixing d is tapped to tit the screw c, and the latter, instead of being rigidly secured to the fixing c, is provided with a head, e', formed with beveled sides to it a correspondingly shaped socket, c2, formed in the fixing o. Thus in rotating the part b for adjustment the head c of the screw c is caused to rise out of its socket 02, as shown at Fig. 9, turn round a portion of a revolution, and then fall again into its socket, after which the parts are screwed up tightly for use.

The modification represented at Figs. 14 to 17 is similar to that shown at Figs. 7 to 13, except that the screw e is reversed in position. The xing c, instead of the xing d, is tapped to t the screw e. The head c of said screw iits in a socket or recess, d2, formed lin the part d, and the stop h is formed of' a bolt passed entirely through the screw e, and provided at its outer end with a nut to form the stop. The method of adjustment is similar to that of the arrangements before described.

The modification represented at Fi gs. 18 to 21 is similar to that shown at Figs. 14 to 17, except that the stop h passes through the screw e and is screwed into the iixed part of the heel. In some cases, however, we may tix the stop h to the outside ot' the screw c, such screw being made solid.

The modification represented at Figs. 22 to 25 is similar to that shown at Figs? to 13, except that the socket c of the fixing c and the annular part d of the fixing dare dispensed with. The spring g is placed in a socket, c3, formed at the upper part ot' the fixing c, and bears upon the head c of the screw c, which is enlarged for the purpose, as clearly shown at Fig. 25.

If desired, the stop h may be dispensed with, in which case, when it is desired to adjust the revolving part b of the heel, such revolving part b is unscrewed from the screw c and entirely removed from the part a, when the screw c can be partially rotated by hand, after which the part b is again screwed tightly up, when the boot will be ready for use.

We would here remark that the head ot' the adjustable screw or the nut may be otherwise shaped, or maybe provided'w'ith studs or projections to tit corresponding sockets or recesses in the fixing to which it is applied, solong as the same can be caused to slip or be moved out of its socket or recess, and partially turned round for adjustment, in the manner hereinbetore described.

Having thus described the nature of our said invention and the mode in which we carry the same into effect, we would have it understood that what we claim is 1. The combination of plates c and d and screw e, provided with suitable holding device, all working in manner herein described, and for the purpose stated.

2. The spring g, in combination with screw c, holding device, and plates c and d, as set forth.

' WM. BROWN.

WILLIAM PEOVER.

Witnesses:

B. J B. MILLs, C. M. WHITE. 

